Corn-husker.



F. H. SCHERBRING.

CORN HUSKFR APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, I914.

Patented July 13, 1915.

5 3,. anomddx J FHgcHERBFzlNq pa: snares FRANK H. SCHERBRING, 0F ARCADIA, IOWA.

CORN-HUSKER.

Application filed December 19, 1914. Serial No. 878,122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. SCIIER- BRING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arcadia, in the county of Carroll and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Huskers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved corn husker, and has for its primary object to provide an improved device of this char acter embodying certain structural features whereby the husk ripping point or spur is prevented from penetrating too deeply.

The invention has for an additional object to provide a corn husker which may be applied and used with equal facility upon either wrist, the device including a suitable wrist band or strap and a metal plate riveted or otherwise secured upon the same and provided upon one end with an upwardly and inwardly curved overhanging spur or husking point, said end of the plate being provided with an inwardly and downwardly curved lug or finger disposed below the plane of said point to permit the penetration of the point into the corn husk.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved corn husker applied to the wrist of the operator; Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the husking plate; and Fig. 1 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates a wrist band or strap of any suitable material, preferably leather. Upon one end of this wrist band, a plurality of buckles indicated at 6, are secured, and upon the opposite end of the band, a series of fastening straps 7 are secured for connection to the respective buckles. An additional buckle 8 is also secured upon the end of the strap first referred to, by the same rivet or other fastening element which secures one of the buckles 6 thereon, said buckle 8, however, being disposed at right angles with respect to the buckle 6.

A metal plate 9 is secured upon the wrist band 5 by means of suitable rivets indicated said spur extending over the plate 9 in substantially parallel relation thereto. lhe central portion of this spur and the curved end 12 of the plate is cut out to provide a relatively small triangular-shaped spur or point 14 which is bent or curved inwardly and downwardly, the apex of said spur engaging upon the surface of the plate 9. It will be observed that the top of this spur 1a is disposed below the bottom face of the husking point or spur 13.

In the use of the device, the band 5 is strapped upon the wrist of the operator, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the strap 11 being engaged over the thumb to prevent inward movement of the band upon the wrist from its applied position. The ear of corn, held in the other hand, is drawn over and upon the inwardly projecting point 12 so that the same will rip the husk longitudinally, whereby the same is readily removable from the car. The inwardly bent or curved point 14 limits this penetration of the point 13, as will be readily understood, and prevents the corn kernels being removed from the cob. This point 14: also acts to spread the split portions of the corn I husk and direct the same against the inner concave face of the curved end 12 of the plate on opposite sides of said point, thus preventing the husk from passing through the opening in the curved end of the plate which is formed by cutting the point 14: out of the same, and wedging therein.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction, manner of operation, and several advantages of the invention will be clearly and fully understood.

The device may be very easily and quickly applied to either wrist and greatly facilitates the husking of corn, whereby the operator is relieved of considerable labor incident thereto.

It will, of course, be obvious that the plate 9 and the husking point formed thereon may be made in various shapes and sizes.

The device is also susceptible of many other modifications in the form, proportion, and arrangement of the several parts, and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied Within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. A corn husker comprising a metal plate provided upon one end with a returned cen trally located husking point disposed above and in spaced relation to the body of the plate, said end of the plate being further provided with means spaced from the under side of said point to limit the penetration of the point through the corn husk.

2. A corn husker comprising a metal plate having one of its ends inwardly bent or curved and terminating in a husking point disposed in spaced relation to the body of the plate, said curved end of the plate being further provided with a central inwardly bent point disposed in spaced relation to the under side of said husking point to limit the penetration of the latter through the corn husk.

8. A corn husker comprising a plate having an inwardly bent or curved'end terminating in a husking point disposed in spaced relation to the body of the plate, said curved end of the plate and said husking point having a spur cut therefrom and bent inwardly and downwardly to contact at its point with the plate, the intermediate curved portion of said spur being spaced from the end of the huslring point to limit the penetration of the latter through the husk.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

J. (l. PRUTER.

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